{2023 Thread Bumped} Underhill Giving No Quarter to Nick Wright

new city champ said

One thing that comes to mind is you would think that a team that operates this way would value draft picks as a ready source of cheap labor to fill in gaps in the roster. But far from being a team that trades down to accumulate picks, we’ve consistently sacrificed picks to trade up. Fewer picks and high cap leverage seems a curious combination…

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Another way to look at it is we are more dependent on draft picks being immediate contributors, and we are willing to trade up to get players that fit that profile. If you are cap constrained, developmental picks take up valuable space without an on field contribution.

That doesn’t explain a pick like Davenport, but I can understand the value in making sure you get your guy when space is scarce.